Yep.

Gone.

It’s still around in a data base on the server.  I just haven’t figured out how to get it back.

What did I do?

Well, I was impatient.

I wanted to install the new version of WordPress and then install the Socrates Theme.

The new WP version wouldn’t or couldn’t automatically update my blog and I had to do a manual update.  And that’s where the “problems” started.  Being a little more than a novice geek, I wasn’t sure what I was doing and the instructions were as clear as mud to me.

So I figured it would be easier to just delete the old WP version and download the new version.  After all I did have a back-up of my blog.  It should be a piece of cake to restore it.  I mean it shouldn’t be any harder than restoring a Quickbooks data base, right? And, I wouldn’t have to take the time to learn how to do the manual update.  This way would be quicker and would take less brain damage.  Right?

I was wrong.

My backup files didn’t come with instructions!  And, I haven’t found any You Tube instruction videos about restoring a backup and/or that address my quandary.

So it’s back to the drawing board … recreating what I had written before, starting anew or a combination of the two.

Since I will have to start anew in some respects, I thought this would be a perfect time to reevaluate my blog.  Before my total “wipe out”, I really hadn’t defined what my blog was about and how I can serve the community.   When I was thinking about this, I was noticing I needed to be more focused.  So some posts had to go.  Some categories had to go.  And then I needed to fill in more content for those areas that I was going to keep.

Now I have a clean slate.  So in the coming days, weeks and months, you’ll will see this blog evolve through a more strategic plan.  So stay tuned to see the “new and improved” Living My Dream Today blog.  Knowing that you will learn how you can live YOUR dreams too instead of just dreaming about the life you desire.

Linda

PS   When I’m coaching my clients, I remind them that “awareness is curative”.   Then when you become aware of an self-defeating behavior, you can make corrections and develop strategies so you won’t fall into the same trap again.  I now have a BIG sign on my wall to remind me that “Impatience does not equal Brilliance!”

PPS  And, there is a gift in all of this … your comments.  Please share your stories of how you learned from one of your impatient moments.